Definition of boil

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Boil (v.) To be moved or excited with passion; to be hot or fervid; as, his blood boils with anger..

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Battery :: Battery (v. t.) A number of similar machines or devices in position; an apparatus consisting of a set of similar parts; as, a battery of boilers, of retorts, condensers, etc..
Potpie :: Potpie (n.) A meat pie which is boiled instead of being baked.
Steam :: Steam (n.) The elastic, aeriform fluid into which water is converted when heated to the boiling points; water in the state of vapor..
Parboiled :: Parboiled (imp. & p. p.) of Parboi.
Semiglutin :: Semiglutin (n.) A peptonelike body, insoluble in alcohol, formed by boiling collagen or gelatin for a long time in water. Hemicollin, a like body, is also formed at the same time, and differs from semiglutin by being partly soluble in alcohol..
Coddle :: Coddle (v. t.) To parboil, or soften by boiling..
Breeching :: Breeching (n.) The sheet iron casing at the end of boilers to convey the smoke from the flues to the smokestack.
Ebullient :: Ebullient (a.) Boiling up or over; hence, manifesting exhilaration or excitement, as of feeling; effervescing..
Spue :: Spud (n.) Anything short and thick; specifically, a piece of dough boiled in fat..
Sericin :: Sericin (n.) A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin.
Biggin :: Biggin (n.) A coffeepot with a strainer or perforated metallic vessel for holding the ground coffee, through which boiling water is poured; -- so called from Mr. Biggin, the inventor..
Saccharinic :: Saccharinic (a.) Of, pertaining to, or derived from, saccharin; specifically, designating a complex acid not known in the free state but well known in its salts, which are obtained by boiling dextrose and levulose (invert sugar) with milk of lime..
Brew :: Brew (v. t.) To boil or seethe; to cook.
Stew :: Stew (v. t.) To boil slowly, or with the simmering or moderate heat; to seethe; to cook in a little liquid, over a gentle fire, without boiling; as, to stew meat; to stew oysters; to stew apples..
Supe :: Supawn (n.) Boiled Indian meal; hasty pudding; mush.
Congee :: Congee (n.) Boiled rice; rice gruel.
Blackcap :: Blackcap (n.) An apple roasted till black, to be served in a dish of boiled custard..
Persulphocyanogen :: Persulphocyanogen (n.) An orange-yellow substance, produced by the action of chlorine or boiling dilute nitric acid and sulphocyanate of potassium; -- called also pseudosulphocyanogen, perthiocyanogen, and formerly sulphocyanogen..
Burst :: Burst (v. i.) To fly apart or in pieces; of break open; to yield to force or pressure, especially to a sudden and violent exertion of force, or to pressure from within; to explode; as, the boiler had burst; the buds will burst in spring..
Down :: Down (adv.) From a greater to a less bulk, or from a thinner to a thicker consistence; as, to boil down in cookery, or in making decoctions..
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